Catalog
1 Gaucho Gold Bullion Coinage
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Engraver(s) | Miguel Angel Bía |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of a Gaucho, rendered in high relief with characteristically rugged features and traditional dress, occupying the central field. The encircling legend reads REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY, with the mint mark So and date 1992 inscribed in the exergue. The design commemorates the Gaucho, a defining figure of the Uruguayan cultural identity and a prominent participant in the nation's independence campaigns. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY So 1992 |
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Uruguay's gold bullion program of the early 1990s emerged from the country's slow economic recovery following the military dictatorship that ended in 1985 and the debt crisis that had devastated the Southern Cone throughout that decade. The Banco Central issued these pieces partly as a confidence instrument — a hard-asset vehicle for domestic savers who had lived through currency controls and forced deposit freezes under the prior regime.
The .900 fineness places this outside the mainstream bullion standard adopted by most sovereign programs of the period, which had largely moved to .9999 or .999 fine.